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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, March 24 2013 @ 03:46 PM EDT |
> Microsoft, Apple, Red Hat, [Google], and Ubuntu represent different
> ways of making money by 'selling' operating systems.
There fixed that for you. Google search, gmail, the default browser,
and all those "free" apps in Android have to be monetised to pay
for the system. Too many people forget this simple fact. And too many
people never ask themselves your three sensible questions.
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| Authored by: stegu on Sunday, March 24 2013 @ 05:26 PM EDT |
> User-data is the Golden Cow that keeps on giving.
Didn't we see this frenzy already a decade ago? The Next Big Thing to earn loads
of money would be some unspecified future monetization of users in communities
built around this service or that. It would also create the New Economy with
lots of cash magically appearing from thin air. That never happened. The magic
cash was nothing but thin air, and it escaped when the bubble burst.
On a global scale, there is no extra money to be earned through in-your-face,
customized advertising. It's still advertising, and people will not magically
have more money to spend just because they are exposed to ads that hopefully hit
the spot a little better than generic newspaper ads or billboards. Some of the
cash flow will shift to some new recipients, but the global economy will not
expand, at least not in any useful sense.
Where did common sense go? Did it have a Y2K problem and stopped working around
the turn of the century?
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| Authored by: jjs on Sunday, March 24 2013 @ 06:22 PM EDT |
> 1. Is it possible to obtain a 'libre' OS that respects my
privacy?
Debian
>2. What would I be willing to pay for it?
The cost is nothing. However, but Debian is always willing
to take donations - feel free to donate what you feel it is
worth.
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(Note IANAL, I don't play one on TV, etc, consult a practicing attorney, etc,
etc)
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, March 25 2013 @ 01:59 PM EDT |
"Does monetization always lead to unethical behavior?"
You have it backwards... Real products have marketing and sales. Monetization
is the result of not having a workable product that sells on its merits. You
never even hear that word until the ethical options have run out.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, March 29 2013 @ 10:51 AM EDT |
Software is not free if you have to pay for it with your
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, April 05 2013 @ 02:36 PM EDT |
I ask myself two questions:
- Is it possible to obtain a
'libre' OS that respects my
privacy?
- What would I be willing to pay
for it?
- Yes, Debian for
example.
- Debian is free as in beer.
Now admittedly the
Debian folks are, IMHO, a little
strange, and the default installation leaves
out most of the
documentation in .info files because Debian has some
ideological problem with their license; but you can still
get them installed,
and at least you can be sure that Debian
won't spy on you unless you explicitly
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